Clothes-line reel.



C. D. RIGG'LE.

CLOTHES LINE REEL. APPLICATION HLED APR. 24, 1911.

1,015,459, Patented .131123, 1912.

l @muws-to@ Cf D. Rvyj le) CHARLES manos Meern, or ivicxnnsron'r, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-LINE YREEL'. Y

To-oll whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, ICHARLES D. RiGeLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at` lVIcKeespoi-t, in the county of- Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedA certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Reels, of which the following is 2 a specification, referencek being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is an improved clothes line reel and consistsin the/construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved clothes line reel which includes a drinn on which the line is wound, a spring for turning the drum to cause the llatter to wind up the line when the line is not in use and gears for operating the drum so as to wind up the spring when attaching the clothes line to the druin.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a clothesline reel constructed in accordance with my invention, the drumT being valso shown partlyy in section; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional vie-w of the same.

In accordance with my invention I pro-' vide a box or casing 1 which-may be of any lsuitable size andshape and is adaptedfin practice, to be attached to any suitable sup*- porting object such as ajwall, a postor other structure. In the form of 'the invention here shown the box or casing isprovidedV in thetop with ahinged lid 2. In one end; of the box or casing is an opening lined by a thimble 5, sheaves 6 `being mounted in the thimble at the ends thereof.

The druin 7 is provided with a peripheral channel 8 for'the reception:` of the clothes line. A sleeve 9extends through the center of the drum and is provided at one end with a head1() which bears against one side of the drum and is secured thereto lby screws 1l. Aishaft 12,y extends through the sleeve and enables the sleeve andthe drinn to rotate on the shaft.

' the shaft is mounted in a bearing 13 in one side of thebox or casing. The other end of the shaft projects throughtheopposite side of the. box or casing and isniounted in a bearing 13a. The outer end of .the shaft ployed when anewlne is to be attached Specification of Letters Patent.

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The gear 1,8 is engaged by a larger gear 19 Iwhich is fastto the shaft 12. A coil spring Y V1:"ate11ted J an. 23,1912. Application filed April 24, 1911. Serial No. 623,011.

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21 hasits inner end attached to the shaft12 as at 22 and its outer end secured, as by means of a bracket 23, to one side ofthe box or casing. This `coil spring, as will be understood, turns the drum in one direction. 4

The line` is coiled on the drum in the reverse direction so that when the line is drawn out the spring is wound and when the'line is released the spring rotates the drum so as to coil up the line. Owing tothe provision of the gears hereinbefore described which connect the drum tothe shaft vvthe spring turns` the drum at a higher rate of speed than the shaft, as will bel understood. Be-

'fore attaching a line to the'drum the spring can bewound up by firstv fitting `the crank f 20 to th'eshaft 12 and thenturning the said* crank inthe'reol'uired direction. The crank' is ordinarily disengaged from the shaft.

" The clothes line, indicated at 24, passes through the,l thimble in one end of the box "or casing, and7 after Athe spring has ybeen wound up, is attached to the drum. The action of the spring then revolves the., drum 'so as to cause the latterto' wind up the line. ,HenceVthe line lis normally :wound on the Vdrum but ,it rmay be drawn out from the box or casing at any time for use, and as soon y-as the line is released, after being used, `'the 'spring anddruin lthen co-act to rewind the line.y Hence the line is keptinithe boxs'r casing and protected thereby 'fromv the weather and is prevented from rotting andy n ioo the life of the line is thereby greatly prolonged.- 'Moreoven the spring and drum act automatically to wind lup the line as soon y as the line is released and thus greatlyfacilitate "the-f use of the line.' The line is preferably--provided at its `free end with a' Slipping through vthe thimble.k a

Weiler im@ :herein Shown and dsribed what :I L'now consider a' preferred embodi ment of my invention I `would have itunfi -derstod thatfclianges may be made in the form and construction of the several parts Without departing from the spirit of my in- Vention and VWithin the Vscope of the appended claim.

Having thus claim:

The herein described clothes line reel comprising a box or casing having yan opening in one side thereof, a shaft mounted in bearings in opposite sides of the easing and provided with a crank at one end whereby it described my inventionl ma be turned a coil s rino' having one end connected to the shaft and one end secured to one side of the casing7 a gear fast on said shaft, a sleeve mounted for rotation on the shaft and having a pinion secured thereto Copies of this patent may be obtained for fvecents each', by addressing the Commissioner Washington, D. C.

at one end, a drum mounted on and revoluble with the sleeve, a stub shaft secured to one side of the easing, a gear mounted on said stub shaft engaging the pinion of the sleeve, and a smaller gear also mounted on the stub shaft, revoluble With the last named gear and engaged by the gear on the first named shaft.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

Y CHARLES DELOS RIGGLE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM ILEY, v GEORGE HABERMAN.

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